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Dienstag, 6. März 2018

Dear
friends,

on
Sunday evening I finally finished the Lucy Lace Shawl* commission.
And I'm glad it's done! No-one who has witnessed me making this shawl
would wonder if I'd say „Never again!“, but I won't, cause it's
actually a beautiful shawl. But...

To
be honest I cannot call the shawl but Lucy-Lace-inspired. Apart from
the look of the grapes and the amount of stitches of each grape and
each little twig, nothing has been made according to the pattern.
Maybe it's just me being stubborn and pigheaded, but I to me, the
pattern is absolutely rubbish!

I
started with redesigning the grapes themselves so I could make them
in one piece but I had known how challenging the joining of those 76
grapes would become, I'd sure have figured out a much more economic
and time-saving way to kind of join them “as you go”. On Friday
evening after the fifth (or seventh) attempt to join them at least
somewhat according to the pattern, I was veeeery close to just
dumping everything (grapes, pattern and all) into the bin.

Be
that as it may: will I make the shawl once more? Maybe (sticking to
my own way). Will I work with the yarn again: Never ever!

Conclusion:
I'm happy the shawl is done. If I'd ever make another one, I surely
wouldn't need a month to get it finished (solely due to my thorough
dislike of the pattern and the yarn) and I would make it my own way
right from the start. Sorry, if I've put you off making this shawl,
it really would be a pity, cause it may well be I'm the only one
having the troubles I had...

I'll
keep in touch!

*Chosen
by a lovely lady from a local “knit & natter” group out of
the Katia magazine Autumn/Winter "Urban" N° 95.

P.S.:
If you'd like to know a little more about me, the studio, my
way of working, etc. follow me this month on Instagram or Facebook as
I participate in #MarchMeetTheMaker by Joanne Hawker

Welcome
to the Granny-Spiration
Link-Up Party!

It's
the 1st Saturday of March!

It's time for the third
Granny-Spiration Link-Up Party!

This
Link-Up Party is all about granny squares. You are most welcome to
link-up any projects you've made with either the traditional granny
square, the solid one or any granny square you love or even have
created yourself.

The
Granny-Spiration
Link-Up Party
will start on the first Saturday of each month at 8 a.m. (CET) and
will run 20 days. You'll be able to share your finished objects as
well as your WIPs with other crocheters from all around the world.
The five most popular links will be featured and shared on my social
media sites.

You
haven't got to be a “big name” or a designer to join the
Granny-Spiration
Link-Up Party.
All you need is a granny square related crochet (or knit) post. By
joining the Granny-Spiration
Link-Up Party
you will be able to grow your blog as well as gather loads of
inspiration.

Before
we enter the next party, let's start with sharing the top five link
ups of the February Link-Up Party (#2):

Party
Rules (please read!):

Link
directly to a granny square related crochet (or knit) blogpost (not
to your home page). If you haven't got an actual project to show,
feel free to add a link to an old blogpost! Anything family-friendly
goes!

Limit
to 3 links and don't repeat projects which have already been
featured.

Link
up your own work. Links infringing on copyright and/or trademark as
well as sponsored posts will be deleted.

Please
visit at least one other link and leave a nice comment to support
your fellow crafter!

I'd
highly appreciate if you'd follow me on at least one of my social
media links (see below) – if only to know if you got featured or
when the next Granny-Spiration Link-Up Party is due.

By
adding your link to the Granny-Spiration
Link-Up Party,
you give me permission to share your post and pictures on my social
media sites, in features, in round-ups and on my blog (always with a
link back to you for proper credit).

Help
me to get the Granny-Spiration
Link-Up Party
known by sharing on social media, by linking back to this party and
by tagging it with #GrannySpirationLinkUpParty. The more people
taking part, the merrier it'll become!

Samstag, 24. Februar 2018

Dear
friends,

I've
been taking part in the social media spring clean, a free course by
Emily Quinton of Makelight. If you frequent Instagram regularly
you'll have noticed those Year of Colour pictures popping up at the
end of 2017. I had one made too and not recognizing myself in that
colour palette I visited Emily's site - and that's been one of the best
impulses I had these last weeks.

The
spring clean course didn't just alter my perspective on social media,
which I found very demanding as well as overwhelming at times, it
also gave me a little nudge on how to manage things as well as a
boost on getting on.

Samstag, 17. Februar 2018

Dear
friends,

She
proposed to knit me a (most lovely) hat with sheep and an alpaca and
I could crochet her anything in return. I'll show you some
pictures as soon as I've got the hat, but you might have a look at
Christina's facebook or Instagram account to get a glimpse of the
hat.

Luckily
Christina mentioned she likes sunflowers. Early autumn 2016 I had
posted a free pattern of small sunflowers in my blog.

Sonntag, 11. Februar 2018

Dear
friends,

In
this (second) episode I show you two FOs (the Folkloristic
Valentine's Shawl and the Bright Retro
Granny Square Coat), I tell you a little about my trip to Berlin and
I talk about the WIPs, I'm currently working on, about stitch
markers, about a craft swap with Christina
(= Garnharmoni) and about project bags.

Samstag, 3. Februar 2018

Dear
friends,

these
last two weeks have been very busy, and I feel pretty exhausted.
There's been a lot of non-yarny-related things to do (next to daily
life as well as job), all rather time-consuming as well as stressful,
unexpected and demanding.

So
instead of recording my second podcast, as I intended to do, I've
just prescribed myself a weekend of snug and quiet retreat into the
studio. A weekend with some candles, lots of tea, some appeasing
music, some mindless crochet, the odd stitch marker or even another
project bag and maybe I'll finally feel up to tackling the commission
I've been given a while back.

Welcome
to the Granny-Spiration
Link-Up Party!

It's
the 1st Saturday of February! It's time for the second
Granny-Spiration Link-Up Party!

This
Link-Up Party is all about granny squares. You are most welcome to
link-up any projects you've made with either the traditional granny
square, the solid one or any granny square you love or even have
created yourself.

The
Granny-Spiration
Link-Up Party
will start on the first Saturday of each month at 8 a.m. (CET) and
will run 20 days. You'll be able to share your finished objects as
well as your WIPs with other crocheters from all around the world.
The five most popular links will be featured and shared on my social
media sites.

Donnerstag, 1. Februar 2018

Dear
friends,

it's
been quite an adventure from the picture which I had in my head (and
which I translated into this drawing)

to
the finished object.

It
took me from the 18th of December 2017 till the 31st
of January 2018 to finish the coat. True I haven't been working on it
full time – I did take a few breaks (just think of stitch markers,
Valentine's Shawl and project bags)...

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English:My name is Marjan. I was born in Belgium in 1970. I moved to Germany in the early nineties for love's sake. Even though I got fairly disappointed some years later I never considered returning home as my children were born here in Germany. Fortunately I never did, since I never would have met my wonderful second husband. Read more here.